Hidden:
Good Jacob:
It had been two days since he had met Gerald again. Jacob spent most of his time looking around the Foundation. Which, as it turns out, housed all different kinds of people, including Little Sisters.
"Big Brother, when are we going home?" Asked the yawning Little Sister who was riding in his cage. Her name is Annabelle. Apparently, she loved butterflies and the color blue. Because she was wearing a peacock blue dress with butterflies on it, her hair was brown. She looked more Asian than American, he reasoned she was an immigrant, or at least the child of one. She was very talkative, as most Little Sisters seemed to be, Annabelle was the fifth Little Sister Jacob found.
"We must be close." Jacob assured himself, he has been following Annabelle's directions for a while now and frankly, he was finding out the hard was that she didn't have a good sense of direction. She was a proud graduate of the 'Turn Left Here Ken-chan!' school of directions it seemed.
"When I get home I'm going to tell the other Little Sisters I have the Bestest Big Brother in the world!" Annabelle cheered before she hugged Jacob's helmet.
"Okay, but can you please let go? I can't see where I am going." Jacob said.
"Okay!" she giggled, rather cutely in his opinion, as she let him go. Her tiredness was making itself known as she tried to stop another yawn.
"Thank you." Jacob said, looking up ahead he saw a light, it could be the girls hidey hole, or maybe it was her Big Sister? They didn't attack Jacob because they had seen him protecting the Little Sister's. They were still cautious around him though.
Walking closer he saw two things, first, it was in fact the little girls hidey hole that the light was coming from, and second, it was decorated with bows and drawings.
"Ooooh pretty." she cooed, taking Annabelle from off back Jacob placed his hand on her head and turned her back to normal. Setting her down she thanked him before disappearing into her hidey hole.
Jacob took his time, admiring the artworks covering the hidey hole and the area around it. The place was well lit by fireflies inside of jars so he could see them well enough. There were quite a lot of different drawings. The sun, Big Sisters, what looked like quite a few different kinds of Big Brothers, and even one of himself with a Little Sister.
Set neatly on the foot of the hidey hole was a plasmid with a bow tied on it, next to it was a syringe and under the plasmid jar was an audio recorder. Picking up the recorder first he pressed the play button.
"Hello again. Yesterday my dad took me to work, I got bored there so I went off exploring, then I found something really neat it the restricted room. A real life super hero! He didn't talk, but I'm sure once he gets on the streets of Rapture he will kick butt. My dad wasn't too happy about me going inside of the restricted area though. He said he could lose his job for that."
It was his dad, he wondered, 'Was that why Dad got turned into a Little Brother? Because he was already comfortable with the Big Daddies?'
Putting the recorder down he looked at the plasmid. he wondered what type it was. If only they had labels on them. That would make this much easier. Taking the eve injector Jacob filled the syringe with the plasmid and prepared to inject himself with it.
"Just don't look, just don't look, just don't look." He chanted as he pushed the syringe into his arm and pushed the plunger down, injecting himself with the plasmid. It took about a minute for the effects to kick in, it was the Incinerate plasmid. It started with just his hand and forearms glowing red with small bits of fire on his index and thumb finger.
And then he started panicking.
"FIRE!" Jacob shouted as he panicked. Unknowingly using the plasmid to light his own arms on fire.
Red had to admit that watching Jacob run around in circles and eventually start rolling around on the ground repeatedly screaming "Stop, drop, and roll!" was absolutely hilarious, but it was also loud and in Rapture being loud usually meant you were also dead within the hour.
"Calm down! The plasmid must have been Incinerate. The fire won't hurt you, only others." Red shouted through the radio at him.
Jacob Froze mid-roll. "Oh, that's a relief." He tried act act dismissive like nothing happened.
"You have to learn to control your fear, or else you'll wind up killing yourself down here." Red pointed out.
"Sorry." Jacob muttered before he began to walk away from the hidey hole, looking around he realized he was in what looked like an old hospital.
"Red, what is this place?" Jacob asked as he tried to intensify the light coming from his helmet, it didn't work. Red didn't answer, to busy with the task he was doing. "Ah, here it is." He declared.
The lights came on immediately, it nearly blinded Jacob.
"I can't believe there's still power in that old sector." said Red.
"Yeah... thanks." Jacob said, blinking rapidly. He really needed to learn to close his eyes when Red turned on lights for him.
It looked like a waiting room of some kind. But what was weird was that there was only one door. It was made of heavy iron, designed to keep anybody from going inside, or getting out.
"Where am I?" Jacob asked.
"Give me a second... let me get my... handy dandy map..." He kept muttering things to himself for several more seconds. "I don't believe it" He finally said.
"What is it?" If it shocked Red it must be a big deal.
"Your location isn't marked in any of the blueprints..."
"What does that mean?"
"I thought it was an old wives tale, but its true. You're in the first laboratory ever made in Rapture!" Red declared.
"Why would Andrew need an old laboratory. He's not a scientist, at least as far as I know..." Jacob pointed out.
"You mean... Daniel never told you?"
"Told me what?"
Red paused for a few seconds before he continued "Maybe it's best for you to go inside and find out yourself." Jacob sighed and he slowly approached the doors, dipping his hand into the pouch he had tied around his waist he took out a two of the marbles before throwing them at the hinges on the door, they exploded on contact and the door came crashing down. Thankfully inward, so Jacob was spared the fate of becoming the meat in a sandwich between the cold concrete floor and a giant slab of metal.
Walking through the new doorway Jacob saw the hall way only led to a single door, opening that he saw he found himself in an office. It was ordinary as far as he could tell. It had a desk, a chair, a file cabinet, a lamp, and a few other things laying scattered around on the floor.
Walking over to the desk Jacob looked over the items placed on it. Files, a name tag, and a picture frame. Picking up the tag first he read it.
"Daniel Andrew..." Jacob didn't find it weird for his grandfather to work here, maybe it was a private office or something. Like a private bathroom, only more work related. Setting the name tag and picking up the picture he saw it was Daniel. He looked somewhere in his mid twenties wearing a green work suit and shaking hands with Andrew Ryan. Okay... that was weird. His grandfather never told him he knew Andrew. Or at least worked together at some point.
"Yes... He and Andrew go way back" Red said.
"Really?" Jacob asked.
"Yeah, Andrew and Daniel were best friends... or at least they were since kindergarten. Daniel was the first person to receive an invitation to Rapture, he and Andrew both dreamed of the same thing." Red explained.
No, that couldn't be. True, Grandpa Daniel was very secretive sometimes, but there was no way he could have anything to do with Andrew.
"Believe it kid." Red said, guessing correctly Jacob's silence was due to him doubting his words.
Shocked, Jacob looked around. There wasn't much on the walls except a few lines... wait, lines? Getting closer to the lines he examined them. They were rather well hidden, he wouldn't have noticed if he hadn't gotten curious and sat in the seat behind the desk. It looked like some kind of hidden door, small enough for an adult to fit through, albeit rather uncomfortably.
Walking over to it Jacob crouched down and pushed the door open. It was rather heavy, but it eventually opened, revealing a small passage way. Crawling inside he started crawling until he got to a room, which was, without a doubt the creepiest room he'd ever been in.
The best way to describe would be a mad scientist's laboratory on speed. There were a few instruments on a huge table, computers and machines of some sort covering every wall, and there was what looked like a vita-chamber. Only it looked different then the normal ones he had seen, it was small, barely a foot tall at most. Looking around Jacob wondered what type of things his grandpa used to do. Noticing a diary on the table he picked it up and looked it over.
"This must have been before the audio recorders were invented." Jacob reasoned as he flicked it open and started reading.
Journal entry: 1
My name is Daniel Andrew. Its my first day in Rapture. I come from a long line of brilliant scientist, But alas, I am all that is left. My brothers and sisters, Anya, Ryan, Gabriel, and Alice, have passed. My father Roan, My mother Tina, they have died as well. The war took them from me. I hid in Italy for some time, that was where I met my wife Rachael De la Mar. Such a beautiful thing, never before have I witnessed such beauty. As soon as we were wed we planned to have a family.
But alas it was not meant to be.
My plans for future generation were spoiled because of my wife's infertility. I still love her... but, our lives will never be complete. With loss comes hope however, my dear friend Andrew Ryan offered me hope, "Come to Rapture." he said to me, "In it, you will be free, free of war, politics, and laws. You will be a happy man, we will share this city, fifty fifty." He told me. I was intrigued by his proposition and a day of thought later, I accepted. I packed my bags and all my money and before I knew it my wife and I had left for Rapture. Which wasn't finished yet, but we didn't care.
We started a new life down here, we went to parties, had fun, and made many wonderful memories together. But the hole in my chest was too much to bear. I was willing to bargain anything to get what I wanted.
Then, my prayers were finally answered. A Doctor named Yi Suchong offered to help. He said he could get me what I want, but we had to work together."Its alright with me, as long as I get what I want." I told him, he was delighted. We began to work together. I have to admit, he knows what he's doing."
The entry ended there.
'I would have never guessed my grandfather had so much to hide.' Jacob thought. Something didn't add up though, skimming over it again he found the part that bothered him.
'Infertile? But... if his wife was infertile then how was my dad born?' Jacob turned the page, the only way to find out was to read more he reasoned.
Journal entry: 2
Finally... we've done it! After months of trying we finally accomplished something. I tricked my wife into going to doctor Steinman for a so called facial lift she always wanted. I bribed the doctor big bucks to help extract the answer to my problems from my wife. An egg... the mother of all life. Just one was all that I needed. I don't care if I never have any more children after this. Let it be boy or girl, it doesn't matter, I will give my child the very best in life. The best toys, the best care, the best education, the best future, the best everything. Getting the egg we combined it with one of my sperm cells and we finally got it. The first child born outside of a mother's belly.
The first few months weren't easy. But after that I was confident in what I had to do. Paying a substantial to Yi Suchong I made him promise to never speak a word about the whole ordeal. Thankfully he was more then happy to take the money and leave.
In just a five months it will be just me, my wife, and my new son or daughter. If its a boy I'm going to name him Roan. After my father, or maybe Ryan, after my older brother. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't be where I am today. But if its a girl I'm going to name her Tina, after my mother, or maybe Bella, after Rachele's mother. Decisions, decisions.
Things were getting rather fishy.
"I've seen and heard some pretty crazy people down here but your grandfather takes the cake, he's a complete nut job, a total loon, a mad scientist-"
"Okay, okay! I get it." Jacob snapped, interrupting him. Flipping the page he read the next entry.
Journal entry: 3
I have just witness the impossible. Earlier today I came to check on the sack, which contained the baby, and to my surprise, It split into two! I panicked at first, fearing I had done something wrong and killed my child. But no, It turns out i have created not one, but two children! What a happy day! I'm going to be the proud father of two boys. One I will name Roan, the other will be named Ryan.
Jacob was shocked, his father... was created? What's more, he had a twin. If he did, then how come he never spoke of him?
Turning the page so fast he almost ripped the book he read faster.
Journal entry: 4
Things were nearly ruined. My boys began to grow at an uncontrollable pace. Thank goodness they stopped growing at the age of four. I can work with that. My wife too, she is delighted to be a mother. Especially after finding out they're her own flesh and blood, and that I didn't sleep with another woman. Roan and Ryan are both happy boys, intelligent, like me. It would have been hard work telling which one is which, being identical twins, but thankfully, for me, there is one difference between them. Their eyes. They both have mismatched eyes, side effect of the process in which I made them, I assume.
Ryan's left eye is blue while his right eye is brown, and Roan's left eye is brown while his right eye is blue. I began to work on bringing them into the society. I told my buddy Andrew all about them, and he agreed to fake birth certificates for the boys. Things will be peachy from now on. The hole... the hole in my chest is finally filled
Journal entry: 5
Today I was busy with Roan and Ryan, both boys are getting sort of fussy, they don't like being cooped up in one room for to long. I personally don't agree with that either, but they have to stay here while the necessary papers are made for them. Then one day I noticed something peculiar. Ryan had some grape juice, and Roan had apple juice. They glanced at each others drinks, and then at each other just once. And then, they just traded drinks! No words, or bargaining, they just extended both arms, taking the others juice box with one hand, and and offering their own with the other.
I began to examine them closely. Finally, when I just flat out asked them how did it they said "We can talk to each other with our minds, its like a telephone without the phone." What an astonishing find! I began to work on them, finding out how the abilities worked. Along with that they had other abilities as well, Ryan is a clairvoyant, he could see brief glimpses of the future, but the ability worked at random, he could get vision whenever and about any time period in the future. Roan has telekinesis, the ability to lift objects with his mind without fiscally touching them. This is fascinating, could twins actually be the key to unlocking total mental power? ...I must do more research."
The entry ended there, the rest of the pages in the book were torn apart. Making them impossible to read. "Where's the rest?" Jacob wondered aloud.
Suddenly there was a loud boom.
"Jacob! Turning on the lights was a bad idea. Splicers are crawling all over! You have to get out now!" Red shouted.
Evil Jacob:
It had been two days since he had killed Gerald. Jacob remembered the incident after he had gotten his first plasmid with much disdain.
/\Flashback/\
Flexing his fire covered hand Jacobs eyes drifted to the pouch secured on Gerald's hip using a shoulder strap made of what looked like cloth, old fraying clothe he noted.
Thinking about it for a second he nodded as he decided to take them. After all, dead people don't need bombs now do they? And looting the corpses of fallen enemies was a practice that had been around for millenia, who was he to break tradition?
Reaching for the pouch he heard a snap and had half a second to realize that both one, he must have mostly severed the shoulder strap when he stabbed Gerald for both his Adam and his plasmid. And two, karma sucked. Before every marble in the pouch came spilling out onto the ground. This of coarse caused an explosive chain reaction that send Jacob flying back through the hole in the wall he had made when Gerald hit him with the marbles the first time and landed haphazardly on top of the only, previously, working monitor.
"Oooow." He moaned as he fell to the ground.
"You okay?" Red asked, although Jacob could almost hear the barely restrained laughter in his voice.
"Just... Peachy." He grumbled as he decided a nap was in order.
/\Flashback End/\
After waking up and successfully fixing his caved in sphere cage Jacob spent most of his time looking around Rapture's Foundation. Which, as it turns out, housed a lot of people, including little sisters.
"Big Brother, when we are going home?" Asked a yawning Little Sister whom he carried in his cage. Her name was Annabelle. She loves butterflies and the color blue, proved by what she was wearing, a peacock blue dress with butterflies on it. Her hair was brown, and apparently she's more Asian than American. If her words were anything to go by anyway. He had found that most Little Sister's were extremely talkative.
"We must be close." Jacob assured himself, he has been following Annabelle's directions for a while now and frankly, he was finding out the hard was she didn't have a good sense of direction. She was a proud graduate of the 'Turn Left Here Ken-chan!' school of directions it seemed.
Looking up ahead he saw a light. It could be the girls hidey hole, or her Big Sister, he really hoped it was the former as the latter attacked him due to his actions.
Walking closer he saw it was thankfully just the little girls hidey hole. Taking Annabelle off of his back he laid her down gently and harvested her. After finding out that all Little Sisters were somehow linked, due to the first Little Sister he had found being terrified of him, he had used a different method. He would act nice and caring to them and then when they were done harvesting Adam and asleep he would harvest them. The host body died only seconds after the slug did, combine that with the fact that the Little Sisters didn't feel pain it meant that, for all they knew, he was the 'Bestest Big Brother Ever!' since they never woke up, ever.
After drinking the Adam he had gained he began to walk away from the hidey hole. looking around he realized he was in what looked like a hospital. "Red, what is this place?" Jacob asked as he tried to intensify the light coming from his helmet, no such luck however, it looked like it was a subconscious effect of his anger that he couldn't replicate without feeling the cold fury that he did before.
Red didn't answer, seemingly busy with what he was doing, "Here it is." Se declared after a few seconds. The lights came on immediately, nearly blinding Jacob.
"I can't believe that there's still power in that old sector." Red admitted.
"Yeah... thanks." Jacob muttered, blinking away the stars he looked around. It looked like the waiting room of your everyday hospital up on the surface, but with less chairs and there was only one door aside form the one he came in through. It looked like it was made out of heavy iron, designed to keep anybody from going in, or maybe even coming out.
"Red, where am I?" asked Jacob.
"Give me a second... let me look at my... handy dandy map." He muttered several more things to himself before, "I don't believe it" He exclaimed in surprise.
"What is it?" If it shocked Red it must be a big deal.
"Your location isn't marked in any of the blueprints..."
"Aaaand? What does that mean?"
"I thought it was an old wives tale, but its true. You're in the first laboratory ever made in Rapture!" Red declared.
"Why would Andrew need an old laboratory. He's not a scientist, at least as far as I know..." Jacob pointed out.
"You mean... Daniel never told you?"
"Told me what?"
Red paused for a few seconds before he continued "Maybe it's best for you to go inside and find out yourself." Jacob sighed and he slowly approached the doors. Flexing his left hand he tried to make as hot a flame as he could on his index finger. Reaching up two one of the two massive hinges for the door he slowly melted the metal, luckily he didn't accidentally weld the door shut. Unluckily the door tried to kill him a few seconds later when he was done when it tipped outward towards him. Giving a yelp he desperately dove out of the way just in time as the metal slab hit the ground with bone jarring force.
Hopping to his feet rather quickly he walked through the new doorway and saw the hall way only led to a single door, opening that he he found himself in an office. It was ordinary as far as he could tell. It had a desk, a chair, a file cabinet, a lamp, and a few other things laying scattered around on the floor.
Walking over to the desk Jacob looked over the items placed on it. Files, a name tag, and a picture frame. Picking up the tag first he read it.
"Daniel Andrew" Jacob didn't find it weird for his grandpa to work here, maybe it was a private office or something. Like a private bathroom, only more work related. Setting the name tag down and picking up the picture he saw it was Daniel. He looked somewhere in his mid twenties, wearing a green work suit, and he was shaking hands with Andrew Ryan. Okay... that was weird. His grandfather never told him he knew Andrew. Or at least worked together at some point.
"Yes... He and Andrew go way back." Red said.
"Really?" Jacob asked.
"Yeah, Andrew and Daniel were best friends... or at least they were since kindergarten. Daniel was the first person to receive an invitation to Rapture, he and Andrew both dreamed of the same thing." Red explained.
No, that couldn't be. True, Grandpa Daniel was very secretive sometimes, but there was no way he could have anything to do with Andrew.
"Believe it kid." Red said, guessing correctly Jacob's silence was due to him doubting his words.
Shocked, Jacob looked around. There wasn't much on the walls except a few lines... wait, lines? Getting closer to the lines he examined them. They were rather well hidden, he wouldn't have noticed if he hadn't gotten curious and sat in the seat behind the desk. It looked like some kind of hidden door, small enough for an adult to fit through, albeit rather uncomfortably.
Walking over to it Jacob crouched down and pushed the door open. It was rather heavy, but it eventually opened, revealing a small passage way. Crawling inside he started crawling until he got to a room, which was, without a doubt the creepiest room he'd ever been in.
The best way to describe would be a mad scientist's laboratory on speed. There were a few instruments on a huge table, computers and machines of some sort, among other things. There was what looked like a vita-chamber. Only it looked different then the normal ones he had seen, it was small, barely a foot tall at most. Looking around he wondered what type of things his grandpa used to do. Noticing a diary on the table he picked it up and looked it over.
"This must have been before the audio recorders were invented." Jacob reasoned as he flicked it open and started reading.
Journal entry: 1
My name is Daniel Andrew. Its my first day in Rapture. I come from a long line of brilliant scientist, But alas, I am all that is left. My brothers and sisters, Anya, Ryan, Gabriel, and Alice, have passed. My father Roan, My mother Tina, they have died as well. The war took them from me. I hid in Italy for some time, that was where I met my wife Rachael De la Mar. Such a beautiful thing, never have I witness such beauty before. As soon as we were wed we planned to have a family.
But alas it was not meant to be.
My plans for the future were spoiled because of my wife's infertility. I still love her... but, our lives will never be complete. With loss comes hope however, my dear friend Andrew Ryan offered me hope, "Come to Rapture." he said to me, "In it, you will be free, free of war, politics, and laws. You will be a happy man, we will share this city, fifty fifty." He told me. I was intrigued by his proposition and a day of thought later, I accepted. I packed my bags and all my money and before I knew it my wife and I had left for Rapture. Which wasn't finished yet, but we didn't care.
We started a new life down here, we went to parties, had fun, and made many wonderful memories together. But the hole in my chest was too much to bear. I was willing to bargain anything to get what I wanted.
Then, my prayers were finally answered. A Doctor named Yi Suchong offered to help. He said he could get me what I wanted, but we had to work together. "Its alright with me, as long as I get what I want." I told him, he was delighted. We began to work together. I have to admit, he knows what he's doing."
The entry ended there.
'I would have never guessed my grandfather had so much to hide.' Jacob thought. Something didn't add up though, skimming over it again he found the part that bothered him.
'Infertile? But... if his wife was infertile then how was my dad born?' Jacob turned the page, the only way to find out was to read more he reasoned.
Journal entry: 2
Finally.. .we've done it! After months of trying we finally accomplished something. I tricked my wife into going to doctor Steinman for a so called facial lift she always wanted. I bribed the doctor big bucks to help extract the answer to my problems from my wife. An egg... the mother of all life. Just one was all that I needed. I don't care if I never have any more children after this. Let it be boy or girl, it doesn't matter, I will give my child the very best in life. The best toys, the best care, the best education, the best future, the best everything. Getting the egg we combined it with one of my sperm cells and we finally got it. The first child born outside of a mother's belly.
The first few months weren't easy. But after that I was confident in what I had to do. Paying a substantial amount to Yi Suchong I made him promise to never speak a word about the whole ordeal. Thankfully he was more then happy to take the money and leave.
In just a five months it will be just me, my wife, and my new son or daughter. If its a boy I'm going to name him Roan. After my father, or maybe Ryan, after my older brother. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't be where I am today. But if its a girl I'm going to name her Tina, after my mother, or maybe Bella, after Rachele's mother. Decisions, decisions.
Things were getting rather fishy.
"I've seen and heard some pretty crazy people down here but your grandfather takes the cake, he's a complete nut job, a total loon, a mad scientist-"
"Shut up! That's my grandpa your talking about!." Jacob yelled, interrupting him. Flipping the page he read the next entry.
Journal entry: 3
I have just witnessed the impossible. Earlier today I came to check on the sack, which contained the baby, and to my surprise, It split in two! I panicked at first, fearing I had done something wrong and killed my child. But no, It turns out i have created not one, but two children! What a happy day! I'm going to be the proud father of two boys. It's decided, one I will name Roan, the other will be named Ryan.
Jacob was shocked, his father... was created? What's more, he had a twin. If he did, then how come he never spoke of him?
Turning the page so fast he almost ripped the book he read more.
Journal entry: 4
Things were nearly ruined. My boys began to grow at an uncontrollable pace. Thank goodness they stopped growing at the age of four. I can work with that. My wife too, she is delighted to be a mother. Especially after finding out they're her own flesh and blood, and that I didn't sleep with another woman. Roan and Ryan are both happy boys, intelligent, like me. It would have been hard work telling which one is which, being identical twins, but thankfully, for me, there is one difference between them. Their eyes. They both have mismatched eyes, side effect of the process in which I made them, I assume.
Ryan's left eye is blue while his right eye is brown, and Roan's left eye is brown while his right eye is blue. I began to work on bringing them into the society. I told my buddy Andrew all about them, and he agreed to fake birth certificates for the boys. Things will be peachy from now on. The hole... the hole in my chest is finally filled
Journal entry: 5
Today I was busy with Roan and Ryan, both boys are getting sort of fussy, they don't like being cooped up in one room for to long. I personally don't agree with that either, but they have to stay here while the necessary papers are made for them. Then one day I noticed something peculiar. Ryan had some grape juice, and Roan had apple juice. They glanced at each others drinks, and then at each other just once. And then, they just traded drinks! No words, or bargaining, they just extended both arms, taking the others juice box with one hand, and and offering their own with the other.
I began to examine them closely. Finally, when I just flat out asked them how did it they said "We can talk to each other with our minds, its like a telephone without the phone." What an astonishing find! I began to work on them, finding out how the abilities worked. Along with that they had other abilities as well, Ryan is a clairvoyant, he could see brief glimpses of the future, but the ability worked at random, he could get vision whenever and about any time period in the future. Roan has telekinesis, the ability to lift objects with his mind without fiscally touching them. This is fascinating, could twins actually be the key to unlocking total mental power? …I must do more research."
The entry ended there, the rest of the pages in the book were torn apart. Making them impossible to read. "Where's the rest?" Jacob wondered aloud.
Suddenly there was a loud boom.
"Jacob! Turning on the lights was a bad idea. Splicers are crawling all over! You have to get out now!" Red shouted.
To be continued...
BETA'd by: Slicerness